My love affair with France has been at times irrational, mysterious and unpredictable

Parties that mimic the far-right have suffered big electoral and reputational damage

Election was referendum on French president’s leadership but he limited damage

Paris Letter: Sixty years ago, General Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth Republic

French team stages victory parade down the Champs-Élysées and visits presidential palace

Rechristening of party as Rassemblement National deemed ‘political assassination’

New name will remove ‘psychological brake’ for voters, Front National leader tells congress

Donald Trump’s ex-strategist Steve Bannon speak at far-right party meeting in France

World View: Front National’s rebranding masks an alarming rise in anti-Jewish sentiment

Grand-daddy of Europe’s extreme right publishes his first memoirs and takes a parting shot at his daughter

Marine Le Pen’s niece tells US conservatives at CPac: ‘We want our country back’

Former film star says lots of women in industry are ‘teases’ who use sex to get roles

Brexit books and a documentary on Macron may provide sustenance in the off-season

Move by Marion Maréchal-Le Pen a blow to Front National days after election defeat

Anti-EU stance and bid to expand its appeal beyond its far-right base could face scrutiny

France picks president whose message of European integration out of tune with zeitgeist

Centre-ground candidate surpasses all predictions with landslide victory

Many on left and right say they cannot bring themselves to vote for Le Pen or Macron

Holocaust-deniers in Front National hold back candidate’s attempts to present softer image

Centrist has promised to end France’s two-party system designed by de Gaulle

Leader in French presidential race accused of behaving as if result is ‘already in the bag’

Results reveal scale of crisis facing traditional parties across the continent

Centrist Macron wins first round of French presidential election

In Paris’s 12th district, only one voter is enthusiastic – and no Le Pen voter can be found

Remarks by French Front National leader on deportation of Jews provoke fury

Those in power, not nation as whole to blame for Vel’ d’Hiv, says presidential candidate

Director of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-off

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is polling strongly in France’s presidential race. Can she emulate Donald Trump’s populist success?

Le Pen promises leaving the euro zone and taxes on the job contracts of foreigners

Leader of far-right Front National party could now have MEP salary docked

Banks refuse to loan money to the far-right National Front

Where are the flashpoints, and what will the populists do with their power?

This week’s episode of World View looks at the far-right’s advance in France and Austria

Qualified congratulations to president-elect from Germany, France and Sweden

President manages to offend almost everyone, including judges, footballers and his ex

Front National leader says racist allegations against Didier Deschamps are ‘scandalous’

Left and right: Juppé, Macron and Le Pen in lead a year before vote to succeed Hollande

Founder of French National Front party repeatedly said gas chambers a mere ‘detail’

FN says it is ‘not involved in Panama Papers affair’ and would ‘not tolerate any confusion’

French court acquits National Front Leader over comments on Muslim street prayers